title: In vitro gene transfer using human papillomavirus-like particles.
abstract: Recombinant papillomavirus-like particles have recently been shown to be highly effective for the prevention of papillomavirus infections and associated tumors, and a virus-like particle-based vaccine against the most prevalent HPV causing genital infection in humans will be developed in the near future. Another use of these virus-like particles may lie in gene therapy and DNA immunization. We report here that human papillomavirus-like particles composed of the major capsid protein (L1) of HPV-16 are able to package unrelated plasmid DNA in vitro and then to deliver this foreign DNA to eukaryotic cells with the subsequent expression of the encoded gene. The results indicate higher gene transfer than with DNA alone or with liposome. Virus-like particles are a very promising vehicle for delivering genetic material into target cells. Moreover, the preparation of the gene transfer vehicle is relatively easy.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Virologie de Tours and CJF INSERM d'Immunologie des Maladies Infectieuses, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques 'Philippe Maupas', 31 avenue Monge, 37200 Tours, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Touze
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coursaget
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D002213:Capsid / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D015870:Gene Expression; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D005814:Genes, Viral; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018411:Spodoptera; D014162:Transfection; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C063317:L1 protein, Human papillomavirus type 16; D001616:beta-Galactosidase